[IxDA Discuss] Thoughts on skinning/customizing enterprise apps?

[Sebi Tauciuc]

Probably people are using two words for the same meaning.
By skinning, that's exactly what I personally understand:  using different
sets of design elements.  Change the skin and you change  or adjust the
branding. (Well, just a part of the branding, ofcourse - the visual part).
You can have a number of pre-made skins that the user (or whomever) can
choose from, without allowing change to any individual element.

On 11/3/06, Miguel Gonzalez <maglez at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> If you want to allow the user to re-brand the UI, that shouldn't be done
> through re-skinning, it
> should be done through the use of templates, a template that would allow
> them to change things
> like the logo and some other design elements, but don't give full power to
> the final user, they
> are not designers.
>
> As Josh says, you should find the user's goal, plus the business needs,
> make the best of both and
> see if it is possible with the technology at your hands. Everything is
> possible today, but only if
> you have the appropriated technology and people able to put that
> technology together, the company
> able to pay for it and the final user wishing to use it.
>
> Maglez.
>
>
> --- Josh Seiden <joshseiden at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > This is where I would look at the "experience goals"
> > you have defined/discovered for your user population.
> >
> > What kind of experience do they want to have with the
> > product? Do they want no-muss, no-fuss, wrinkle-free?
> > Do they want a highly personal experience? In what
> > ways will this skinning feature allow them to meet
> > this goal?
> >
> > Then, what is the value of satisfying that experience
> > goal? What happens if you don't satisfy it? What is
> > the relative value compared to satisfying their other
> > types of goals (typically "end goals")?
> >
> > JS
> >
> > --- "Wilson, Russell" <Russell.Wilson at netqos.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This is the direction we were considering, but
> > > I have to ask "is it worth it?"  Is the extra
> > > work to provide this capability (the cost) less than
> > > the ultimate benefit perceived by the user?  Will
> > > you
> > > get a reasonable ROI for doing this?  If you have
> > > 1000
> > > users and only 2 care or take advantage of it...
> >
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